NHS consultants in England accept pay offer and end year-long dispute and strike action

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Strike action over the last two years has heaped more pressure on the NHS, where more than 7 million patients remain on waiting lists for hospital treatment.

Senior doctors in England have voted to accept an improved government pay deal, bringing to an end the year-long dispute which had led to strike action and further NHS delays. The British Medical Association , a trade union which has been representing senior doctors, also known as consultants, put the offer on pay and conditions to its members, with 83% voting in favour. The pay deal includes changes to a doctors' pay review body and a 2.

'Consultants perform a vital role at the heart of the NHS - I'm pleased they've accepted this deal, which is fair for them and fair for the taxpayer.' While NHS nurses ended strike action last year following a pay deal, a long-running pay dispute with junior doctors, who staged a five-day strike in February, remains ongoing.

 

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